Last DOM-I PBEM party

johan osterman · #1 October 26th, 2003, 10:28 PM

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Originally posted by Pocus:

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
Seems I was wrong. 5% starspawns, 2% stargazer.

Based on damage recieved (chance = damage in percent of HP), unless you are cursed. Curse adds 25% to this chance.

As far as I know it's only the lance.

3 thanks for the answers, especially if you looked back in the code to be sure.

and what is the effect of regeneration on affliction chance? divide by two ? [/QB]

Divide by ten.

Psitticine · #2 October 26th, 2003, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by Nerfix:
@Psitticine:
The devs(was it J.O?) said that "all things from the void are sacred", so, uh...

I double-checked one of Giraffe's old games and, yes, all the Void creatures I could check out there are sacred, so I'd certainly say it is safe to assume they all are.

Entering the Void Gate is such a different thing than normal recruitment, what with all the randomness involved and all, that I set aside the beasties that come out from it from R'lyeh's normal troop roster. I really should have added a footnote about the sacredness of Void beasts, but I was a bit too focused on just the "regular" R'lyeh troops. Sorry 'bout that!

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In Dom I the Starspwan priest had 1 Astral, 1 random magic and 3 Priest skill and are sacred...
(you said they have water magic, but if only Astral mages can enter Void Gate, and if Starspawn priest are the only ones able to use the VG properly, we can count 1+1+1=Starspawn Priests have Astral magic...)

Oops! Err, just a dumb typo on my part there. Yes, the Starspawn priests are the same as Dom I, including having Astral 1 but no Water magic unless the random pick gets them some.

On a total side note, and I feel kinda unsteady disagreeing with Johan here, I don't quite agree about Starspawn priests being the only worthwhile Void Gate Users. Are they the best units for the job? Based on the percentages just posted, yes, I'd certainly agree with that, but are they the only worthwhile ones to send in? I'd have some reservations agreeing with that.

Again, I've only watched over Giraffe's shoulder as she has played R'lyeh and haven't yet had time to play them myself, but she won the first Dom game she ever played, and she did it by using a strategy that leaned heavily upon using an array of units (especially the comparitively cheap Star Children) in combo with the Void Gate.

It would definately seem that Starspawn priests are the most efficacious (aside from national hero Cthugal the Stargazer, of course) but I can't argue with success, especially since many of the beta-testers had yet to win at all against the new Dom-II AI at that point and this was in her very first Dom game ever.

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Sorry, for being nitpicky.

Hey, I'm an Editing Parrot. If anybody appreciates the value of getting things right, down to the very Last detail, it is an Editing Parrot. By all means, please continue to nitpick!!!

(edited to correct UBB formatting error)

[ October 26, 2003, 20:42: Message edited by: Psitticine ]

st.patrik · #3 October 26th, 2003, 10:37 PM

Dom2PbEM2 current status:

Potatoman: Jotunheim
Saber Cherry: Abysia
Josh_f: C'Tis
st.patrik: Ulm

nations still available:
Pythium
Arco
Machaka

Who will rise to the challenge?

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BTW are any of you able to host? If no-one else can I will, but my e-mail sometimes has issues, so I can't guarantee things going smoothly if I host. So if you can please volunteer.

talos · #4 October 27th, 2003, 04:53 AM

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Originally posted by st.patrik:

nations still available:
Pythium
Arco
Machaka

Who will rise to the challenge?

I'll take Machaka, but if someone else wants it, I'll play whatever is left.

josh_f · #5 October 27th, 2003, 05:27 AM

My roommate-- chris-- would like to play Pythium (he is unable to post right now.).

st.patrik · #6 October 27th, 2003, 05:36 AM

Talos and josh_f's roommate chris: Great! now only Arco is left without a player...

Dom2PbEM2 current status:

Potatoman: Jotunheim
Saber Cherry: Abysia
Josh_f: C'Tis
st.patrik: Ulm
talos: Machaka
chris: Pythium

Once again, can any of you guys (or girls [Saber]) host? If you haven't done it it's not hard - just a matter of processing turns and then sending out the .trn file to each player.

Saber Cherry · #7 October 27th, 2003, 08:28 AM

Would this be a good time to ask for a Laser Squad Nemesis-like auto-PBEM-hosting system?

Seriously, though, I could host, but I REALLY don't want to, as I use web-email. Sorry...

-Cherry